Excerpt: "Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been linked to anonymous companies created by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, according to documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists."

Donald Trump Named in Latest Panama Papers Leak

By teleSUR

13 May 16

At least 140 politicians from more than 50 countries are linked to offshore companies.

epublican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been linked to anonymous companies created by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, according to documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists known as the ICIJ, according to an NPR report.

The leaked documents show that the Trump empire is linked to 32 offshore companies, including the real estate project Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama.

His name appears 3,540 times in the database, but according to media reports that doesn’t mean he is directly involved since Trump has sold his name to other investors in different countries.

The latest release of documents includes the names of more than 320,000 people and companies around the world, including politicians, businesspeople and movie stars.

Among the people named in the papers are Argentine President Mauricio Macri, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, and actress Emma Watson.

Offshore companies are not illegal, but are often used to evade taxes.

Mossack Fonseca has rejected the publishing of this database, which they say was stolen from their offices. They have announced legal actions against ICIJ, according to a statement.

“Beside being obtained illegally, the database is filled with errors and leads to wrong conclusions among people, companies and middlemen,” said Mossack Fonseca in a statement. “The use of stolen private information is a crime in every state that we work in.”

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And any reference to any of the politicians currently in favor has been ... uh ... misplaced? I laugh everytime I hear one of them saying they "mis-spoke".

Every time one of the conveniently released pieces of "information" points a finger against Trump you just have to know the current political shills have their greasy hands in it. They're no cleaner then he is and they're probably dirtier.

British PM David Cameron stated that the link to an offshore company was shares that he inherited from his father. He disposed of the shares. Why does the media not report this when slinging Cameron's name around?

Just goes to show you what a phony this bum is. Scamming the government to cheat on his taxes. You cannot trust this fake. If it wasn't for his daddies money and lawyers this creep would be selling pencils on the street. He said he believes in America but has his clothes made in Mexico and China. He thinks we are fools. He is a con artist who laughs when he gets in his plane after a rally.He sees his voters as suckers that fall for his flip-flopping lies. If he gets his power he will quickly betray and forget his voters. What really makes me sick is his sons killing elephants and leopard in Africa just for sport, to boost their egos. The males in this family are evil. Wake you idiots that support him before he steals your money because money and power are his god. The dangerous thing about this individual is that he believes the vomit that comes out of his mouth. He thinks he is tough but he is really a bully. I know a hundred women that would kick his ass good. I can hardly wait until he crawls back into his hole in the ground.

The tax laws were written specifically to allow scamming. Every corporation in the world cheats the u.s. because the bought and paid for federal government was party to the plan.

To be honest you can't blame Trump for taking advantage of the laws as they are written. To not take advantage would make him stupid, and stupid he is not. You should have been paying attention when these laws were being written. Hind sight is 20/20 vision.

i beg your pardon! - # TruthSeeker2 2016-05-14 00:12And Hillary Clinton? I would be shocked if her name wasn't in there.

- color me shocked! that someone who labels themself TruthSeeker is shocked by the truth that hill's name CLEARLY DID NOT show up! - well, not really shocked - or even surprised the least little bit! - truth about hill is not widely sought, nor widely disseminated, here on rsn!

We ought to re-name Planet Earth as Trumpwelt! The supreme narcissist putz slaps his name on everything* - the epitome of gaucheri, and now sell it for More Money! Not surprised that his name appears often among the the list of rulers who engage in "occult capitalism". Emma Watson too? Jesus! Render money-addiction an anachronism. Advocate/perpetrate socialism.

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